Workers' Compensation News
High Court Upholds Permanent Partial Disability Award for Bus Driver's Injuries from Averting Crash | 06/16/2023 | ||
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a 14% permanent partial disability award for a worker who suffered multiple injuries from jumping into an unattended car to prevent it from hitting a bus. ...Read More | |||
High Court Overturns Board's Finding on Worker's Eligibility for PTD Award | 06/15/2023 | ||
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The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the Board of Review erred in finding a worker met the statutory criteria for consideration for a permanent total disability award. ...Read More | |||
High Court Says Exclusive Remedy Provision Bars Temp Worker's Civil Suit | 05/23/2023 | ||
State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Alabama Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the exclusive remedy provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act barred a temp agency’s employee from maintaining a civil suit against her borrowing employer and one of its employees for her work-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
High Court Says Employee Can't Assert Claim for Discrimination Against Former Employer | 05/18/2023 | ||
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The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a statute prohibiting retaliation against employees for pursuing workers’ compensation claims applies only to employers and employees with a current employment relationship. ...Read More | |||
High Court Says Injured Worker Failed to Timely Challenge Enforcement of Settlement | 05/16/2023 | ||
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The Alaska Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a self-represented litigant failed to establish his entitlement to relief from an order to enforce a settlement negotiated by his former attorney that he had failed to substantively oppose. ...Read More | |||
House Passes Bill Addressing Medical Plans, Requesting Studies | 05/08/2023 | ||
State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Connecticut state House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure that would require medical plans to include a mechanism for injured workers to determine medical necessity of recommended services and would create two study groups to analyze medical issues in the state’s comp sy...Read More | |||
House Passes Bills to Allow Direct Deposit, Boost Benefits for Permanent Disfigurement | 05/04/2023 | ||
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The Pennsylvania state House of Representatives passed bills that will eventually require insurers and employers to pay benefits via direct deposit and will expand the range of injuries and amount of benefits paid for serious and permanent disfigurement injuries. ...Read More | |||
High Court Says Worker's Status as Employee or Contractor Is Not for Jury to Decide | 05/03/2023 | ||
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The Alaska Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the estate of a worker who brought a common law negligence action against the entity for whom he worked was not entitled to a jury trial on the question of whether he was an employee or independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
House Passes Multifaceted Comp Bill | 04/26/2023 | ||
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The Colorado state House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would extend the limit on workers’ compensation claims for mental impairment to 36 weeks from 12 weeks. ...Read More | |||
High Court Clarifies Burden for Employer to Avoid Heart Disease Presumption | 04/25/2023 | ||
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An employer attempting to bar a police officer from relying on a presumption that a disabling heart disease arose out of employment must show the officer failed to address correctable predisposing conditions, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More | |||